I was unaware of Sharon's characterisation under Waid and thus apologise for my incorrect statements. Although that makes some of what I mentioned invalid, I think my overall conclusion is still sound. There are nuances to the characterisation which would allow characters to co-exist without making them redundant.

To make a baseless assumption, it would seem like they're leaning to a more idealistic wide-eyed version of Sharon if Kendrick is being considered for the role.